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my illustration in the homestuck: beyond canon patreon calendar for the month of june

i wanted to do a farmer's market theme and had fun working a bunch of characters into the details. thank you @chuchumi for reaching out, it was awesome drawing these guys again 🥳

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interlocking fingers during the pin. holding hands during the pin. is driving me insane

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6 + 11

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truly nothing funnier than having an archive of when you first started getting into a media that has since consumed your entire life

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The boy had fallen, fallen down, into the twisted bowels of the Abyss. How long he walked he knew not, and all he could do was put one trembling step in front of the other, until he saw an incredible sight before him. A pale figure, standing serenely by the cooling remains of a monster slain. And so it came to be that the paths of the lost boy Ajax and the wandering puppet Kunikuzushi intersected.

intro to my abyss au about kunikuzushi and ajax meeting in abyss. this is one of my favorite canon based aus so i'm really looking forward to continuing it. more doodles for the au and then a final comic are planned

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If I was a knight would you let me swear oaths to you be honest

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unfortunately i do love pompous and pretentious characters. ☝️ WHO get their asses handed to them this is pivotal to my enjoyment of them

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i would like to personally thank u for the reblog spam i have not seen over half of these drawing before and they are PERFECTION

aw thanks, i wish i was more active on here. tumblr is one of the nicest sites for longevity.

sometimes in a bad way though lmao i keep seeing people dig up ugly old homestuck art of mine PLEASE... PLEASE...!!!

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happy (childe's) birthday to you! 🎉 I love your art of him and of scara, they're so *chefs kiss* icr if i already sent this chsc song rec already but just in case I havent: hell and you by amigo the devil <3

ALSO I was wondering if you've played skirk's character quest? any thoughts on it and on any possible future reunion with childe? 👀

oh i like that. stealing it for my playlist, thank you

i have! i think her relationship with her master is very interesting... haha during her quest i just kept thinking about how her aloof, standoffish personality, her dignified power, her secret longing to be close to people, and the fear that these bonds will be taken from her... really reminds me of scara. maybe childe is just drawn to a certain kind of person

(i turn everything into chiscara evidence i'm delusional)

a reunion has to be in the cards, i don't believe that they would tease it if it weren't planned.

.... though, wouldn't be the first time childe said he was chasing after someone and that led nowhere...

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wishing childe a happy birthday with my favorite subject matter, baby ajax in the snow

inspired by a pic of a polar bear cub by marsel van oosten (2017)

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sorry for reblog spam i wanted everyone to look at childe for his birthday. i wish i could do more... set off fireworks or something...

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one who had dreams of being a hero

This comic is based on Story 3, which speaks of his hobby of ice fishing originating from the days he'd go out with his father on the ice, 'accompanied by his father's unending tales of adventure,' and dream of being the protagonist.

Nowadays, he keeps up the hobby, though only as a method of training... and it seems he fishes alone.

I thought a lot about fairytales and stories told to children -- how they are used to impart lessons and shape a child's growing sense of morality.

I think these stories were Childe's father telling him what kind of man he hoped his son would become.

In Story 5, 'his father had no choice but to hand his beloved son over for conscription into the Fatui' in an attempt to discipline his temper, but was disappointed when Childe continued ascending the ranks, further and further from the gentle boy he was..

His father named him after the hero Ajax. Is he still disappointed in the path Childe has taken? Does he still see his son in the man he sees before him? Does Childe feel in himself the chasm between who he dreamed of becoming and who he is now?

It's interesting, that fairytales should often have a very strict good/evil morality. Childe professes he has no use for such things, and will gladly become a mindless weapon so long as he can continue honing himself for battle. And yet, has he truly given up on being human?

For a Harbinger, Childe is oddly principled, preferring straightforward battles without deceit. He retains a sort of moral code, reluctant to involve those who are defenseless in his plans.

And of course, he deeply cherishes his family. What sort of weapon has a family? Why does he cling so desperately to this identity as a defender of childhood dreams, of being his sister Tonia's knight?

Perhaps his own dream of being a hero died long ago, but a part of him still recognizes the tragedy of it and maybe... in some way, is still trying.

This is somewhat of a companion piece to my Scara comic "one who has given up on being saved". Childe, unable to live up to his childhood ideals of heroism, and Scara, whose pleas for help went unanswered.

A failed hero, and someone who never had one.

ARGHH yknow it drives me nuts. I haven't known peace since I started thinking about it.

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scara goes fishing, but seems there's something odd in the water today…

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Express delivery from the greatest toy salesman's toy train! Print for Childe VA's Holiday Signing 🚂🎁🐳🐱🪁🤖🥁🦭

@mygriffinburns is signing them live Dec 15-17!

Inspired by Childe's story quest where he pretends to be Snezhnaya's greatest toy salesman for Teucer.

I drew him as a nutcracker to fit his soldier role and the Christmas theme. Scara is a tin soldier, based on the nameless child's fairytale told in "Wanderer: Ashes."

It was so fun making this and planning out all the details. I love how their stories both center on childhood dreams and the protection of innocence. Waiting for them to start up a toy company together.. (Scara sews the toys and Childe travels all around Teyvat selling them.) I'll even take a Hoyoverse x Build-a-Bear collab PLEASE make them interact Genshin. I'm begging.

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campus heartthrob of the akademiya senior scara and boss childe with their fan clubs

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a new little penguin has joined the huddle

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i wonder if arlecchino returned childe's vision to him in person...

childe was used without his knowing in a scheme for a gnosis by yet another colleague haha, i wonder how he feels about it. and there's ONLY ONE gnosis left... if he wants to bring one to the tsaritsa himself he's only got one shot left. will he ever be a part of the gnosis club 💔